eMOLT Update 2023-07-28

Dissolved Oxygen Monitoring

This week, we completed our installations in support of Massachusetts DMF’s Cape Cod Bay Study Fleet program. Vessels participating in this program deploy dissolved oxygen sensors to track the seasonal development of hypoxic zones in Cape Cod Bay. Behind the scenes, the team at Lowell Instruments turned on the data pipeline from eMOLT participants in this program to DMF’s online dashboard. This means the data from these systems flows seamlessly to the data visualization tool developed by DMF and available to the public (see the snapshot below).

DMF Dashboard snapshot from 7/28

Plankton Bloom

Scientists in the region are tracking the development of a plankton bloom in the Gulf of Maine. We will be working with some colleagues at UMaine to install some dissolved oxygen sensors up north over the next few weeks. In the meantime, if you fish in the western Gulf and start noticing anything weird, please feel free to reach out.

Acknowledgements

Thanks this week to Captain Frank for helping get the F/V Sarah K’s eMOLT system online. In addition to running up to the hardware store to grab some screws I forgot to bring, Frank also graciously welcomed Simonne Dodge, a science communications intern at WHOI to come aboard and grab some information for her upcoming write up about eMOLT.

Thanks also to Jeff, Joaquim, and Nick at Lowell Instruments for completing the data pipeline from our deckboxes to Mass DMF’s website.

Forecasts

NECOFS Bottom Temperature Forecasts

NECOFS forecast

MABAY forecast

Doppio Bottom Temperature Forecasts

Doppio forecast

Announcements

  • The Woods Hole Science Stroll is back on this year! On August 12, we welcome anyone who’s interested in meeting scientists and learning more about the work we do to come down to Water Street in Woods Hole. In addition to the Cooperative Research Branch staff many of you already know and other NOAA Fisheries scientists staff from other scientific organizations will be around giving demos of hardware and explaining their research. We’d be happy to have you stop in! Participating organizations include:

    • Marine Biological Laboratory
    • US Coast Guard
    • US Geological Survey
    • Woodwell Climate Research Center
    • Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution …and more!

  • The Commercial Fishing Business Cost Survey is live for vessel owners to provide feedback on the economic realities faced by people who run fishing businesses. The survey closes July 31.

  • The Commercial Fishing Crew Survey is an opportunity for crewmembers and hired vessel operators to provide information about the social and economic well-being of commercial fishing vessel crews and better understand how management and environmental change affect important, socially vulnerable groups.

All the best, George and JiM